Missouri Bill Would Require All First Graders To Take NRA-Sponsored Gun Class

[Lakhota]

By Annie-Rose Strasser

Students in Missouri have no sexual education requirement, so there’s a good chance they don’t know how to properly protect themselves from STIs or unintended pregnancy. Soon, though, they may be able to protect themselves from guns.

Missouri state Senate is considering a bill that would require all first graders in the state to take a gun safety training course. Using a grant provided by the National Rifle Association, it would put a “National Rifle Association’s Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program” instructor in every first grade classroom.

The irony that there’s no requirement for students to learn about their bodies — but that there is one for deadly weapons — seems lost on the legislators proposing the measure, one of whom lamented, “I hate mandates as much as anyone, but some concerns and conditions rise to the level of needing a mandate”ushing for its passage:

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[Remodeling Maidiac]

Wise move with all the irresponsible parents. Try to teach the kids proper gun saftey and response if found.

Partisan idiotic thread dully noted.

 

[DiamondDave]

Wow.. stink progress spin going WAYYYY off the true story once again... and Laktator passing it on like a good little lemming

Sen. Dan Brown, R-Rolla, told the Senate General Laws Committee Tuesday that his bill was an effort to teach young children what to do if they come across an unsecured weapon
No different than the time in the classroom telling kids what to do with a fire in their home, poison control Mr. Yuck stuff, Stranger Danger, etc...

Get a life, troll

 

[OriginalShroom]

Eddie Eagle is a wonderful program.

It is based around the idea to teach the kids if they see a gun, they leave the area and find an adult immediately.

 

[gallantwarrior]

The NRA has long had a safety program aimed at children (pun intended), it's called the Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Program and it works.

If you see a gun:
STOP!
Don't Touch.
Leave the Area.
Tell an Adult.

My daughter was 7 years old when I was teaching firearms safety classes. She would sit at a table and disassemble, clean, and reassemble my Colt Model 1910. When asked what she would do if she saw a firearm in someone's home, she was able to recite those very rules. Later, at the age of 12, she started co-teaching Hunter Education classes. When we went to the range with our students, she cracked down harder on her peers than the adults did for safety infractions.

There is a time and place to teach children the things they need to know to keep them safe. I would rather children be taught gun safety in grade school than how to apply a condom to their fruits and veggies.

 

[Lakhota]

In 1999 the ABC News program 20/20 did a feature on Eddie Eagle which was highly critical of the program.[1] This feature stated that it did not work to simply "Tell [very young] kids what to do" and expect them to follow those instructions implicitly.

Eddie Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

20/20 Classic: Kids and Guns | Video - ABC News

 

[Lakhota]

Do parents have any choice in this?

 

[OriginalShroom]

In 1999 the ABC News program 20/20 did a feature on Eddie Eagle which was highly critical of the program.[1] This feature stated that it did not work to simply "Tell [very young] kids what to do" and expect them to follow those instructions implicitly.

Eddie Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

20/20 Classic: Kids and Guns | Video - ABC News

Of course ABC found that.

They are Left Wing Gun Grabbers.

They couldn't say an NRA safety program worked. That would be against their agenda.

 

[DiamondDave]

In 1999 the ABC News program 20/20 did a feature on Eddie Eagle which was highly critical of the program.[1] This feature stated that it did not work to simply "Tell [very young] kids what to do" and expect them to follow those instructions implicitly.

Eddie Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

20/20 Classic: Kids and Guns | Video - ABC News

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page.

Yawn

 

[Avatar4321]

Do parents have any choice in this?

So you think parents are going to want the children to pick up the gun and start firing instead?

 

[martybegan]

Do parents have any choice in this?

Would you rather the kids think the gun is a toy?

There is no teaching to shoot guns here. There is only recognition and a direction to inform an adult.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Do parents have any choice in this?

You're such a die hard hack that you probably would object to someone teaching your child (god forbid if you actually have one) being taught what to do to avoid a dangerous situation.

 

[DiamondDave]

Do parents have any choice in this?

Do they have a choice in fire safety?? In poison control? Drug awareness??

 

[gallantwarrior]

In 1999 the ABC News program 20/20 did a feature on Eddie Eagle which was highly critical of the program.[1] This feature stated that it did not work to simply "Tell [very young] kids what to do" and expect them to follow those instructions implicitly.

Eddie Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

20/20 Classic: Kids and Guns | Video - ABC News

First, your source is anything but unbiased. Second, I don't know anyone whose children have been exposed to the Eddie Eagle Program who were disappointed.

That said, not all instructors are as capable of conveying information at a level easily understood by children. You might also want to consider that parental involvement plays a large role in how well a child will listen, learn, and apply the information. As a society, we no longer teach our children that there are some instructions that need to be followed. The directions taught by Eddie Eagle are very explicit. Implicit understanding is not necessary.

 

[Lakhota]

Do parents have any choice in this?

Would you rather the kids think the gun is a toy?

There is no teaching to shoot guns here. There is only recognition and a direction to inform an adult.

It's not about me - it's about whether the parents have any say in this.

 

[Seawytch]

Really? All you "small government" folks are okay with the state mandating this?

 

[OODA_Loop]

Do parents have any choice in this?

So you think parents are going to want the children to pick up the gun and start firing instead?

Can we get the children to write Obama a letter about how evil the gun is ?

Then most likely.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Really? All you "small government" folks are okay with the state mandating this?

All you "big government" people are OK with denying the opportunity to teach children to be safe?

 

[martybegan]

Really? All you "small government" folks are okay with the state mandating this?

Its the state, not the feds. Most small government people are just fine with state level actions that do not violate the consitution (either state or federal)

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Really? All you "small government" folks are okay with the state mandating this?

Yes

Next question....